The Craft of Family Therapy: Challenging Certainties

This cutting-edge second edition of The Craft of Family Therapy revisits some of Salvador Minuchin’s most famous cases, guiding trainee therapists through basic techniques and ideas while illuminating the unique voice of Minuchin as the founder of Structural Family Therapy.

The book begins by teaching readers the fundamentals of family therapy through the lens of rich commentary from Salvador Minuchin on some of his most interesting cases. It then moves on to three detailed supervision transcripts from Minuchin’s former students, illustrating the struggles, fears, and insecurities that new family therapists face and how they can overcome them. In a new, ground-breaking third section, Reiter and Borda share their own lessons from Minuchin as well as expand his influential ideas, emphasizing a strength-based family therapy approach.

Written in an accessible, practical style, The Craft of Family Therapy, 2nd edition draws on a wealth of fascinating case examples to bring Minuchin’s theory and experience to today’s family therapists and psychotherapists in practice and training.

Salvador Minuchin, MD, was a family therapist, author, and teacher. He was the developer of Structural Family Therapy and is considered one of the founders of family therapy.

Michael D. Reiter, PhD, LMFT, is professor of family therapy at Nova Southeastern University. He is the author of ten previous books, including Systems Theories for Psychotherapists and Family Therapy: An Introduction to Process, Practice, and Theory.

Charmaine Borda, PhD, LMFT, LMHC, is the founder and director of The Blue Couch, Inc., a private practice in Plantation, Florida.